Clerk’s comments ‘not providing leadership’ to change public service culture, say opposition MPs

Liberal MPs blame a Harper-era atmosphere in the bureaucracy as they back PCO Clerk Michael Wernick in his war of words with the federal auditor.
Auditor general Michael Ferguson, right, and Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick, left, disagree on whether the bureaucracy has systemic cultural issues.
Canada’s top bureaucrat should have accepted comments made by the auditor general in his scathing report on the Phoenix pay system, say opposition MPs, as his refusal undermines the credibility of the auditor general’s work and shows that the systemic cultural iss...

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